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If you've read many Wikipedia articles, then you'll have seen plenty of inlineInline citations. These are usually small, numbered footnotes which link to a full source in a reference section when clicked, like this.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Wales |author-first=JJimmy |title=What is an inline citation? |yeardate=2012{{CURRENTYEAR}} |publisher=Wikipublisher |pagespage=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly afterfollowing the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence afterthat they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

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When editing a page, inline citations are usually between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

WhenWhile editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations are usuallydisplayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> and <code>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

All the references then appear together on the page, wherever the {{tl|Reflist}} template or <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> tag is present. This will usually be in a section titled "References". If you are creating a brand new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, don't forget to add a references section like the one below, or the citations you went to all that effort adding won't show up.

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:''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you might find other forms being used in an article such as references in parentheses. As a general rule, the first major contributor to an article gets to choose the referencing system used there. If an article uses a different system, just copy it when adding any new references.''

If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|near the end]] of the article:

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==References==

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''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Wikipedia:Inline citations|other styles]] being used in an article. This [[WP:CITEVAR|is acceptable]], and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.''

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